Guides

Guides for takeaway owners

Written by people who run three takeaways. Plain answers about rotas, pay, right-to-work checks and menu boards, and honest comparisons of the software, ours included.

Staff and pay

How to do a staff rota for a takeaway

Busy periods first, availability before you build, the UK break rules, and checking it against what happened.

How to work out weekly pay

Hours from the punches, shifts past midnight, the 2026 minimum wage, holiday and payslips.

Right-to-work checks, in plain English

What to check before the first shift, when to check again, what to keep, and the penalties.

Menu boards

Set up a menu board on a Fire TV Stick

What to buy, how to pair it, and how to schedule lunch and evening menus.

Digital menu boards for takeaways

Your menu on the TV you already own, changed from your phone.

FireSign vs Counterboard

Two menu board apps that run on a Fire TV Stick, compared on price and features.

Comparing rota apps

Best rota apps for UK takeaways (2026)

The main options, who each one suits, and what they cost at your headcount.

FireAttend vs Deputy

A per-shop price against a per-person one, and what each is built for.

FireAttend vs RotaCloud

Two UK rota apps compared for a takeaway.

FireAttend vs Planday

Hospitality scheduling, priced two very different ways.

Rota app for takeaways

What a takeaway actually needs from a rota app.

Case study: our own three shops

How the takeaways Fire Suite was built in run on it every week, and what went wrong first.

Try it on one shop

FireSign is 14 days free with no card. FireAttend is 60 days free. £8 a week per shop for both after that.

See pricing and start